Yahya ibn Ayyub, Qutaybah, and Ibn Hujr narrated to us; they said: Isma'il — meaning Ibn Ja'far — narrated to us, from al-'Ala', from his father, from Abu Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whatever two people who exchange insults say, the burden falls upon the one who initiated, as long as the one who was wronged does not transgress."